I bought land on a state road that has a Spectrum fiber line on it. I called Spectrum to get a connection to the fiber line for a new house construction, but they said symmetrical speeds aren’t available yet in my area.
It’s always been my understanding that being on a fiber optic network generally means symmetric download/upload, but why is it not the case here?
I tried to see if there was a Business option for higher upload, but it seems like Business internet has the same upload speeds with lower download speeds for double the price.
It means you’re getting RFOG, essentially, you’re still using hybrid fiber coax and you will still have a cable modem.
You will have a node on the side of your house so that simply converts fiber to coax.
Thus, all of the same limitations apply as if you were connected to coax with the difference being your signal levels are going to be awesome and generally not affected by other households in your area.
That’s not always the case, I have WOW fiber on a fiber to the modem install. It’s 500 Mbps down and 50 Mbps up. The tech who installed it said there’s no infrastructure reason why it’s so lopsided, other than what corporate decided. They do offer a gigabit symmetrical plan for more money with no hardware changes.